Definición de crucify

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

crucify

(kruːsɪfaɪ )

Formas de la palabra:3rd person singular present tense crucifies , present participle crucifying , past tense, past participle crucified

1. verbo [usually passive]

If someone is crucified, they are killed by being tied or nailed to a cross and left to die.

...the day that Christ was crucified. [be VERB-ed]

Sinónimos:execute, put to death, nail to a cross Más sinónimos de crucify

2. verbo

To crucify someone means to criticize or punish them severely.

[informal]

She'll crucify me if she finds you still here. [VERB noun]

She was crucified by the critics for her performance. [VERB noun]

Sinónimos:pan [informal], rubbish [informal], ridicule, slag (off) [slang] Más sinónimos de crucify

Más sinónimos de crucify

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

crucify in American

(ˈkrusəˌfaɪ )

verbo transitivoFormas de la palabra:ˈcruciˌfied or ˈcruciˌfying

to put to death by nailing or binding to a cross and leaving to die of exposure

to mortify (the flesh) as by asceticism

to be very cruel to; torment

Formas derivadas

crucifier (ˈcruciˌfier)

sustantivo

Origen de la palabra crucify

ME crucifien < OFr crucifier < VL *crucificare < LL(Ec) crucifigere < L crux, cross + figere: see fix

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

crucify in British

(ˈkruːsɪˌfaɪ )

verboFormas de la palabra:-fies, -fying or -fied (transitive)

to put to death by crucifixion

2. slang

to defeat, ridicule, etc, totally

the critics crucified his performance

to treat very cruelly; torment

to subdue (passion, lust, etc); mortify

Formas derivadas

crucifier (ˈcruciˌfier)

sustantivo

Origen de la palabra crucify

C13: from Old French crucifier, from Late Latin crucifīgere to crucify, to fasten to a cross, from Latin crux cross + fīgere to fasten

Tendencias de crucify

Uso infrecuente. crucify se encuentra dentro del 50% menor de las palabras más comunes del Diccionario Collins.

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Traducciones de crucify

Inglés británico: crucify VERB

If someone is crucified, they are killed by being tied or nailed to a cross and left to die.

He was crucified on a diagonal cross.

Inglés americano: crucify
Portugués brasileño: crucificar
Chino: 把…钉死在十字架上
Español europeo: crucificar
Francés: crucifier
Alemán: kreuzigen
Italiano: crocifiggere
Japonés: はりつけの刑に処せられる
Coreano: 십자가에 못 박히다
Portugués: crucificar
Español: crucificar

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Palabras cercanas de crucify

crucifix
crucifixion
cruciform
crucify
Crucis
cruciverbal
cruciverbalism
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Definición de crucify del Collins Diccionario inglés

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Puntuación en Scrabble de 'crucify': 17

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